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Thai shrimp supplier dismisses alleged links to slave labour

June 14, 2014 International News

Thai food giant Charoen Pokphand (CP) Foods fended off allegations it was complicit in forced labour (slavery) in its supply chain, levelled by a British newspaper, a report said Saturday. Read more here 11:50

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Revealed: Asian slave labour producing prawns for supermarkets in US, UK

June 10, 2014 International News, National

A six-month investigation has established that large numbers of men bought and sold like animals and held against their will on fishing boats off Thailand are integral to the production of prawns (commonly called shrimp in the US) sold in leading supermarkets around the world, including the top four global retailers: . Read more here 12:28

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

NILS STOLPE: The New England groundfish debacle (Part IV): Is cutting back harvest really the answer?

While it’s a fact that’s hardly ever acknowledged, the assumption in fisheries management is that if the population of a stock of fish isn’t at some arbitrary level, it’s because of too much fishing. Hence the term “overfished.” Hence the mandated knee jerk reaction of the fisheries managers to not enough fish; cut back on fishing. What of other factors? They don’t count. It’s all about fishing, because fishing is all that the managers can control; it’s their Maslow’s Hammer. When it comes to the oceans it seems as if it’s about all that the industry connected mega-foundations that support the anti-fishing ENGOs with hundreds of millions of dollars a year in “donations” are interested in controlling. Read the article here

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Thai shrimp supplier dismisses alleged links to slave labour

Revealed: Asian slave labour producing prawns for supermarkets in US, UK

Ocean Resource Privatization

Articles Posted by Date

The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

Recent Posts

Details emerge on latest round of fisheries disaster aid

Harvester and FFAW frustrations about snow crab prices looming ‘on the eve of the fishery’

Blown Away: Tucker Carlson Exposes How Wind Energy Is Destroying Landscapes, Jobs

Study: Dolphin catch rate declines off South Carolina

Fresher trawler heads home to Iceland

Seals blamed for drop in Strait of Georgia juvenile salmon stocks

Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update September 22, 2013

South Atlantic Red rules under review by the NMFS (noaa fisheries is not an agency)

Iconic fishing trawler with exciting history could return to Grimsby’s waters following restoration

Cod: The great mystery – New England’s Refugee’s are unwanted, will be deported. Whole.

Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 65′ Fiberglass Longliner, with Federal Permits

Yes, no, maybe

A renowned boatbuilder reimagines a piece of Maine history.

Japanese Fishermen’s Group Reject Release of Fukushima Water to Ocean

NOAA, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Correct GE’s Misinformation in Latest Hudson River Pollution Report

U.S. Sen. David Vitter – Protecting red snapper fishing – The Commercial/Recreational Conflict

Fishermen adjust after Charleston ice house burns down

Port Orford has $2.3-million for dock cranes upgrades project

Ropeless gear is not the silver bullet – New technology promises to save the whales by reducing the need for crab fishing lines.

Omega Protein Employees and Supporters Call for Fisheries Managers To Protect Menhaden Jobs

Millions of bright red sockeye are heading to Roderick Haig Brown Provincial Park to spawn

U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Florida In Water Fight

Outer Cape project is largest salt-marsh restoration project from Maine to New York – Against the tide in Herring River Basin

Cape Fear Community College getting new ship for Marine Technology program

Wrecking the Sea Bed with Offshore Wind (Part 3)

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